Hunt, Arizona

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Hunt, Arizona
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Hunt
Hunt (the United States)
Coordinates: 34°36′36″N109°37′39″W / 34.61000°N 109.62750°W / 34.61000; -109.62750
Country United States
State Arizona
County Apache
Elevation
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5,433 ft (1,656 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (MST)
Area code 928
FIPS code 04-34680
GNIS feature ID24468 [1]

Hunt is a populated place situated on the Little Colorado River at the mouth of Concho Creek in Apache County, Arizona, United States. [2] It is named after Colonel James Hunt, who served at Fort Apache in the 1870s. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hunt, Arizona
  2. "Hunt (in Apache County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
  3. Barnes, Will Croft (2016). Arizona Place Names. Tucson: Arizona Place Names. p. 217. ISBN   978-0816534951.